Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

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Provision of Mechancial Insufflation-Exsufflation Devices, Associated Consumables and Ancillary Services. The purpose of this Prior Information Notice is to inform the market of our envisaged procurement plan on the provision of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation devices (MI-E), consumables and associated ancillary services. MI-E devices are used by patients with a range of conditions and are used for the purpose of providing a mechanically assisted cough. It is envisaged the contractor(s) will be expected to provide a complete managed service on behalf of Health and Social Care (HSC) in Northern Ireland to patients that require the use of MI-E devices. This will include but not be restricted to: 1) Supply of all equipment, accessories and consumables. 2) Manage planned and emergency installations, deliveries, maintenance of equipment and call outs. 3) Provide a professional and expert customer care team that can provide training and support to Health Care Professionals and patients. To this end it is the intention of the Procurement and Logistics Service (PaLS) to host a Supplier Engagement meeting with interested suppliers to have an open discussion regarding potential approaches to this service. It is likely that the meeting will take place in PaLS, 77 Boucher Crescent, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT12 6HU, on Thursday 13.12.2018. The date and time of the meeting will be confirmed with any interested party.